hedge
noun
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow.
were hedging
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past progressiveof hedge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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We were intermediating and we were hedging our risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Until recently, many Seattle-area employers were hedging on office lease decisions until they knew how many workers were coming back.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
Other nations in the region were hedging their bets, he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2018
European investors have cut euro zone equity holdings to two-year lows, and some, such as Pioneer Investments, said they were hedging risks through options strategies or holding gold, which should outperform when volatility spikes.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2017
Several were hedging away to the left, looking at the Commandant out of the tail of their small eyes, ready for the bolt across the rolling plain to the Blood River.
From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville
